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Just a quick check to see if anybody can see any problems I might encounter or if there are better alternatives out there.

Extra HDD is for a mate.

Computer will replace my current 5 year old one, plan for this one to be used for the next few years. Already have the case and screen that I will use. Will be used for video editing, photo editing and casual gaming.
 
depending on what you're "casual gaming" consists of, and the size of you're monitor, might be worth going for the 512mb version of the 4870 or 4850.

maybe look at an p45 mobo like the asus p5q series or gigabyte.
 
I would ditch the bundle and get them seperately. Abit is pulling out of the market this month so if your mobo fail's in a years time you may have problems getting it repaired/replaced. This is what i would go for:-


Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £136.99 (£157.54)

Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £91.99
(£105.79)

Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX6400D2K2/4G) £38.99 (£44.84)

Sub Total : £267.97
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DHL @ Home Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.49
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £40.20
Total : £308.17

It's only an extra £15 and you get a far better board. The OCZ ram on this week only is cheaper but OCZ can be flakey with Asus boards. Normally i would'nt recommend a quad but as you are keeping the rig for quite a while then some software may actually get released that uses them.

I would swap the psu to a PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 EPS12V 610W Power Supply at £71.29. Better psu with very good reviews.

I have the DVDRW drive that you selected as well as a LG GH22NS40 22x and the LG is much quieter than the Samsung.
 
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Thanks very much for the reccomendation, I think I will change to these items after a little more reviewing.

pastymuncher said:
Normally i would'nt recommend a quad but as you are keeping the rig for quite a while then some software may actually get released that uses them.
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Just my thinking, should be properly utilised in a couple of years.

Any reason to go with the 1066MHz instead of 800MHz Kingston RAM?
 
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mp260767 said:
depending on what you're "casual gaming" consists of, and the size of you're monitor, might be worth going for the 512mb version of the 4870 or 4850.
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Monitor I have is a 19 inch CRT 1600x1200. Hopefully will be able to have it maxed out on some games finally. My old ATI 9550 wasn't exactly a great card.

Any reason to go with the 512MB version or the 4850 besides saving money?
 
I missed the card. I would'nt be spending that much on a 4870 even if it is a 1GB card. I only paid £166 for mine and a 1GB version is only a bit more than that. It's a pity you missed the cheap GTX 280's yesterday. A 4850 would be ok at your res but i am not sure how it would do if you like loads of AF and AA applied in games.
 
pastymuncher said:
Nice. Only worked out a pound more expensive in the end. You could save a little more and swap the ram for the Corsair 4GB kit that has popped up on this week only.
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Not bothered with a few pounds here and there. Also, better timings on the one I have chosen. Was wondering for a while whether to go with the faster 1066MHz RAM as opposed to the 800MHz one I have chosen, but since I will probably not be overclocking or at least I would be doing only light OC-ing, assumed that the 800MHz one would be better due to lower timings.

Any other comments about choice will be appreciated, otherwise will be ordering tomorrow.
 
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